Isaiah 11:11-16
The Lord gathers His scattered remnant, removes internal division, and prepares a redemptive highway home.
11 It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12 He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13 The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won’t envy Judah, and Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.
14 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.
15 Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.
16 There will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, like there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
The Lord gathers his scattered remnant, removes internal division, and prepares a redemptive highway home.
To promise a second, decisive gathering of God’s dispersed people and the removal of historic hostilities under the reign of the Messiah.
Isaiah addresses a period when the threat of exile and dispersion loomed over Israel and Judah due to foreign empires.
The Shoot from Jesse, the Spirit-Filled King, and the Restored Remnant
Isaiah 11 promises that from the cut-down stump of Jesse, the LORD will raise a Spirit-filled Davidic ruler who judges with righteousness, brings peace to creation, draws the nations, and gathers the remnant in a new exodus.